as in confusion
a state of mental uncertainty
the slightest change in her daily routine leaves her in complete bewilderment
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Recent Examples of bewilderment
That excitement turned to bewilderment when the company revealed last month that global soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo would be a playable character, joined days later by Salvatore Ganacci — a Bosnian-Swedish DJ.
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Lindsay Totty, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Beer and bewilderment at the international security conference. MARCH 6, 2025
This article is co-published with The New York Review of Books.
—Caitlin L. Chandler, The Dial, 6 Mar. 2025
Then, to the bewilderment of almost everyone in MLB circles, Elias did not attempt during the recent offseason to trade the O’s surplus of young position players for proven starting pitching.
—Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
Adding to the bewilderment many people felt at the breakneck pace of events, the truce was initially announced not by India or Pakistan but by President Trump on social media.
—Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 10 May 2025
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Lindsay Totty, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Beer and bewilderment at the international security conference. MARCH 6, 2025
This article is co-published with The New York Review of Books.
—Caitlin L. Chandler, The Dial, 6 Mar. 2025
Then, to the bewilderment of almost everyone in MLB circles, Elias did not attempt during the recent offseason to trade the O’s surplus of young position players for proven starting pitching.
—Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
Adding to the bewilderment many people felt at the breakneck pace of events, the truce was initially announced not by India or Pakistan but by President Trump on social media.
—Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bewilderment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewilderment
Noun
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Some of those who chose to evacuate didn’t do so promptly, and there was widespread confusion whether evacuation was necessary at all.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The end result of this copycat strategy was external confusion, internal demoralization, and financial underperformance.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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The bartenders stop pouring, the light smears into a soft crimson fog.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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The regulatory bias against 401(k) crypto may be lifting, but that doesn’t mean the fog has dissipated.—
Chris Carosa,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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“Bewilderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewilderment. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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